Heavy rain that has fallen recently over the state of Rio Grande do Sul in
southern Brazil has caused many issues with flooding including injuries, deaths
and impact to both the harvest of the summer crop and planting of the winter
crop. Heavy rain that continues there for the next 10 days is likely to
continue those issues.
@^South America Calling
Two state commodity groups in Texas and the National Sorghum Producers
asked a federal appeals court to review a new fuel-testing rule contained in
the recently finalized vehicle pollution standards that mandate the production
of electric vehicles.
C^Commodity Groups Appeal Fuel Test Rule
In this Equipment Roundup, DTN/Progressive Farmer looks at Case IH and
AGCO reporting first-quarter losses, Case IH readying its FieldOps app and CNHI
dropping the "I" as its New York Stock Exchange trading symbol reverts to CNH.
7^Equipment Roundup
Throughout May, Mental Health Awareness Month, DTN/Progressive Farmer will
feature stories and columns on the unique mental health challenges that farmers
and ranchers face and the resources and support available to assist those who
are struggling to find help and hope.
=^Editors' Notebook
With less drought showing up from Texas north through the Dakotas, the
forage outlook is positive with the possibility of more production than in
recent dry growing seasons. There are some dry areas and expanding drought
could be the one factor to cloud the sunny forage outlook.
F^Less Drought Means More Forage Growth
